F-Droid

Why Use This Circle To Search App?

The Problem with Google's CTS Version

• Forced Cloud Syncing: Uploads your selection to servers even when you just want to copy text.

• Get's accidentally triggerd frequently, exposing sensitive data instantly to google

• Ecosystem Lock-in: Restricted to Google Search—no support for Bing, Yandex, or AI models.

• Locked to Google ecosystem—no choice of search engine

• Missing Features: Useful features like "Share" and "Save" have been stripped out.

• Hardware Exclusivity: Only available on expensive flagship devices (Pixel 8, Galaxy S24+).

What We Do Differently

• Only what you circle gets processed—nothing else

• True Offline OCR: Text recognition works 100% locally on your device—no internet needed.

• QR detection offline, Smart Scan offline—no unnecessary servers

• Universal Compatibility: Works with any search engine (Google, Bing, Yandex, TinEye,).

• Restored Utility: We brought back the "Share" and "Save" features Google removed.

• Works on any Android device, not just expensive flagships

• Works on De-Googled Devices no google programs needed.

• And has many other useful features

100% Independent: Works on any Android phone (Android 10+), without requiring Google Play Services or OEM-specific software.

Privacy-First: No background tracking or logs—just pure on-device selection.

➥ Download:
- >github

It still needs a lot of improvements and isn't polished yet, as I am a solo developer working on it. You can download it from GitHub for now, as the new update is yet to be released on F-Droid.

Developer @Aditya_151@lemmy.world

TWIF curated on Monday, 09 Feb 2026, Week 7

Blurb:

Panoramicon is an immersive viewer for spherical panorama images (full 360×180° images in equirectangular projection).

Detail:

As per the README from github.

Example Images

If you're looking for example panoramic images to use with the app, Wikimedia Commons has a large collection of freely licensed spherical panoramas available under Creative Commons licenses. You can browse and download images from:

Spherical panoramas category - A wide collection of panoramas from various contributors

Spherical panoramics by Domob - Panoramas contributed by the app developer

Simply download any equirectangular panorama image and open it with Panoramicon to explore it in full 360° view.

NOTE: Zoom is currently restricted in Panoramicon, so downloading the full-sized images is wasteful. On Wikimedia, the second size down image, should give enough detail. 2560x1280 pixel.

CONTROLS :

Pinch = zoom, swipe = pan, gyro = mlook.

I just found Hiori. I was wishing for such an app for a long time. Finally, I can take a photo of a product and rate it such that I won't buy it in the future again.

It happens very often that I buy something again because I forget it. E.g. tofu in a carton where you can't see what's inside.